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Peano's axioms
Hazewinkel Peano Axioms
A set of five axioms for the set of natural numbers N and a function S (successor) on it, introduced by G Peano (1889):
Peano's axioms make it possible to develop number theory; in particular to introduce the usual arithmetic functions and establish their properties.
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| Hazewinkel, Michiel, Encyclopaedia of Mathematics (6 volumes), Kluwer Academic and Toppan 1995 'The Encyclopaedia of mathematics aims to be a reference work for all parts of mathematics. It is a translation with updates and editorial comments of the Soviet Mathematical Encyclopaedia published by 'Soviet Encyclopaedia Publishing House' in five volumes in 1977-85.' Amazon back |
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